St. Johns County is growing rapidly and that means the need for more facilities to serve and protect residents.
Spring into these fabulous new Insider DealsIt’s something St. Johns County Sheriff Robert Hardwick would like to see happen with the expansion of the sheriff’s office headquarters. Right now, the jail and the headquarters are right next to each other off U.S. 1 and Lewis Speedway, part of a larger county office complex.
Hardwick said Tuesday during a St. Johns County Board of County Commissioners meeting that sheriff’s office employees are currently spread out in different locations and the new plan would help bring all employees under one roof and away from a flood zone.The sheriff talked about a proposed $18 million plan that would move the headquarters to an area near State Road 16 and Interstate 95, near where the current training center is.
Hardwick said the jail is also outdated and will need major changes in the coming years. He said he will present a plan to county commissioners sometime in the next year on how to address the jail. News4JAX spoke with some people who work across the street from where the current jail and sheriff’s office headquarters are.part of a five-year public safety plan
that also includes the building of four new fire stations, a regional fire training facility and a new tri-county medical examiner’s office. The plan calls for the county to borrow at least $44.1 million.
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